Wendy takes on...

...the blopic of the day and wins! (or just muses)

Wednesday, July 16, 2003

 
...an argument for a flat tax rate

Wasn't one of the rallying cries in the forging of our great nation "no taxation without representation"?

That's called taxation without representation, and it's not fair!
And when the colonies complained, the king said 'I don't care!'

Rockin' and a rollin', slippin' and a slidin'
Over the horizon, what can it be?
Looks like it's going to be a free country

So, if you think it's FAIR that a rich man pays MORE for the "common good" than a poor man pays, I'm wondering, do you also think it's fair that a rich man have MORE of a voice in determining what the "common good" is than a poor man has?

What if we extended equal protection under the law to equal protection, taxation and representation?

If we insist on an income tax (which, I believe, Jefferson would've labeled as government taking from the mouths of labor the bread it has earned), then let's just say that if one man, one vote applies across the board, then ten dollars earned, one dollar purloined should also apply across the board.

In "liberal" speak, I guess what I'm saying is that I just want to end this disgusting policy and get back on the road to a classless society. Let's eliminate these class distinctions sanctioned by law! Why should the wealthy be able to "buy" more than their fair share of our government? My dollars are just as good as theirs, by golly! Tax mine equally!
Wendy 9:56 PM